Senior Software Engineer I - Receive - Backend (Java)

Company Description

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money.

Min fees. Max ease. Full speed.

Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money.

As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money.

For everyone, everywhere.

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Job Description

About the role:

Team you will be working with:  Receive

The team’s mission is to enable people and businesses to get paid faster, cheaper in any currency via any payment method, anywhere. We’re building a wide array of innovative products across our Acquiring, Payin and Account Details domains to facilitate receiving cross-border payments from around the world.

Our product engineering teams strive to truly understand what our customers need; working hand-in-hand with Product Managers, Analysts and Customer Support to create powerful, scalable solutions for millions of customers. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact, addressing challenges like frictionlessly onboarding customers and enabling seamless international money transfers.

We are looking for an engineer that is passionate about solving complex problems for their stakeholders. Someone who thrives working in an environment where they are empowered to make decisions and drive features and products forward. To do this, we believe that to make the best technical decision, you should have a strong understanding of the products you’re building. 

How we work:

We operate on a strong belief in automation, programmatic implementation, and reusable design. We’re looking for people who can step back and think holistically about the ecosystem, but also follow through and help implement the design.

We need to sustain this growth by continuously iterating on the services we run, with a focus on availability, security, and ease of use. We’re looking for an engineer with relevant experience who can  analyse complex requirements and deliver simple solutions to help our teams achieve our mission with speed and confidence. 

What will you be working on?

We are looking for a Backend Engineer who will help build our Receive platform. You will work closely Product, Engineering and Analytics to design and build features and products while limiting risk and ensuring that we are scaling our operations to support millions of customers across the world.

Payin

The Payin Platform team build the systems through which all money flows into Wise, they own an internal API product where you'll work on making it easy for product teams to access global payin methods and scaling our extremely high throughput payment systems.

Account Details

You will work on expanding and scaling the account details platform to add support for more currencies and enhance payment processing for bank transfers.

Acquiring

The focus of Acquiring pod is to enable businesses to get paid in the format of their choice (think Invoices, Checkout experience, etc) with their choice of payment methods (think Cards, Apple Pay, Bank Transfers, etc) at the lowest cost possible.

Qualifications

What do you need?

We are fully aware that it is uncommon for a candidate to have all skills required and we fully support everyone in learning new skills with us. So if you have some of those listed below and are eager to learn more we do want to hear from you!

• Strong proficiency in backend programming languages like Java, Python or Go.

• 5+ years of experience in backend development, with a focus on building scalable and reliable systems.

• In-depth knowledge of database systems, including both SQL and NoSQL databases.

• Experience in designing and implementing asynchronous systems, with a focus on scalability and performance.

• Expertise in designing and implementing RESTful APIs.

• Demonstrated experience working in product-led companies, with a strong product mindset that prioritises user needs and business goals.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Ability to break down complex problems into shippable milestones that deliver value fast.

• Proven experience in managing relationships with various stakeholders, ensuring alignment and understanding of project goals and requirements. Skilled in balancing stakeholder needs with technical feasibility.

 

Nice to Have:

• Experience with batch and stream processing technologies, enabling efficient handling of large volumes of data in real-time and batch modes.

• Knowledge of designing and implementing robust data pipelines, ensuring reliable data flow and integration across systems. Experience with tools and frameworks for data orchestration and transformation is a plus.

• Good understanding of payment systems and financial transactions.

Additional Information

Interested? Find out more:

• Wise Engineering –

What do we offer: 

• Starting salary: £85,000 - £105,000 + RSUs

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For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders — without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.

We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences.

Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.

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